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robustious
[ roh-buhs-chuhs ]
robustious
/ rəʊˈbʌstʃəs /
adjective
- rough; boisterous
- strong, robust, or stout
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Derived Forms
- roˈbustiousness, noun
- roˈbustiously, adverb
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Other Words From
- ro·bustious·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of robustious1
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Example Sentences
Beautiful silence; and so soon as this robustious rain takes off, I am to drink of it again by oceanfuls.
He was a delicate youth, I take it, and willingly slunk from the robustious winter to an inn fire-side.
To me she looks kindly and not a bit unintelligent, a rather fine specimen of the robustious modern young woman.
Actors at that time were often robustious, periwig-pated fellows who sawed the air with their hands and tore a passion to tatters.
Had not the Deacon ranked him in the robustious great company of Burns!
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